Extended Newspaper List

Introduction ...

Below are 6 newspapers that have been published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Ala Blanca. The list has been sorted by paper name.

El Fronterizo (from 1921)
- Published in Rio Grande City [Starr County]
- Years of publication: 1921 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the El Fronterizo
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089954
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14687876
El Voluntario (from 1892)
- Published in Rio Grande City [Starr County]
- Years of publication: 1892 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the El Voluntario
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089964
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14687866
Rio Grande Herald (from 19??)
- Published in Rio Grande City [Starr County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Rio Grande Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86089957
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14687904
The Corpus Christi Ranchero (from 1863)
- Published in Santa Margarita [Starr County]
- Years of publication: 1863 to 1864
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Corpus Christi Ranchero
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86088409
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11479021
The Herald (from 19??)
- Published in Rio Grande City [Starr County]
- Years of publication: 19?? to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88083795
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18117088
The South Texas Reporter (from 197?)
- Published in Roma [Starr County]
- Years of publication: 197? to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The South Texas Reporter
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95078917
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32918941

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ala Blanca) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ala Blanca. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.4103, Longitude: -98.9984 In this case, the coordinates for Ala Blanca have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).